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Stilbite-Stellerite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

 
Stilbite-Stellerite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Stilbite-Stellerite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Stilbite-Stellerite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Stilbite-Stellerite with Calcite from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey

DESCRIPTION:No. 71703
Mineral:Stilbite-Stellerite with Calcite
Locality:Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
Description:Lustrous translucent brown stilbite-stellerite crystals to 9 mm in a hemispherical group 22 mm diameter with lustrous transparent scalenohedral calcite crystals to 6 mm. The hemispherical habit is indicative of stellerite, but requires XRD to confirm.
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:1-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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